Folding bed.



No. 631,500. Patntgd Aug. 22, |899. D. FRANK. FOLDING'BED.'

(Application led Sept. 3, 1S98.I

(No Modajl.) l 3 Sheets-Sheet l.

No. 63I,500. v l Patented Aug. 22, i899.

D. FRANK.

FOLDING BED.

. (Application led Sept. 3, 1898. (No Modl.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug.r 22, |899.

DQFRANK.

FOLDING BED.

No. 631,500L

(Application led Sept. 3; 189B.)

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE..

DAVID FRANK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J OI-IN TROUNSTINE, OF SAME PLACE.

sPneIFioATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,500, dated August 22, 1899.

' Application ld September 3, 1898. Serial No. 690,152. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID FRANK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, (Brooklym) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates toimprovements in folding beds; and it consists in the novel features and combinations herein after described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

I have as showing the best construction at present known to me embodied the invention in a metal folding bed comprising astatiouary head portion and a folding body portion, the latter having folding legs at its outer end connected with rods and levers, hereinafter 'described, bywhich said legs are pulled inward when the folding portion of the bed is turned upward and pushed outward when said folding portion is turned downward and by which also the folding portion of the bed when turned upward may be securely locked in that position. v

The invention and satisfactory means for carrying the same into eect will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, `in Which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bed constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention, the bed being lshown in its folded position. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of same on theV dotted line 2 2 of Fig. l, illustrating by full lines the legs of the foot portion of the bed at ,their inward position and by dotted lines the position of said legs when they are drawn outward to unlock `the foot portion of the bed, so that said foot portion may be turned downward. Fig. 3 is a like section of the bed, the parts of the bed being shown in their extended position. Fig. 4 is a like section, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of same.

In the drawings, A designates the head portion of the bed, which head portion is of ornamental configuration and has at its opposite sides the vertical legs B C, connected by the rung D and the side frame E, which curves downward and forward from the corner-posts F to thelegs C, the legs C and the frames Epreferably being formed in a single piece of metal. l p

The upper portion of the head A of the bed may be provided, if desired, with a suitable support G for a canopy.

The main body portion of the bed is composed of the frames I-I I, the former consisting of side bars J and the end-connecting bar K. The side bars J are by means of the upwardly-extending ears L L pivotallysecured to the inner end of the frame I.

The frame II is pivotall y secured to the front ends of the arms M, which are swung from the lower rod N of the head-frame A. One arm M is provided adjacent to each ot' the corner head-posts F, and the two arms M are connected by the transverse bar O. The front ends of the arms M are bent inward toward one another to form lugs P, and these lugs P when theparts of the bed are in their extended position enter recesses Q, provided in the lower rear edges of the side bars J, which constitute a portion of the frame H, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. When the parts of the bed are in their extended position, the lugs P and vrecesses Q serve to aid in affording substantial support for the frame II. The bar K, connecting the rear ends of the side bars J, serves to strengthen the frame II and also affords means Vfor applying the usual springs, which will extend from the upper vertical edge of the bar K to the upper vertical edge of a similar bar R, located at the outer end of the foot portion ot' the bed.' The vertical portions of the bars K R are suitably apertured to receive the ends of the sprin gs, (not shown,) upon which will be placed the usual mattress.- Y

The frame. I above referred to comprises the side bars S, whose outer ends are connected by the ytransverse bar R and footboard or frame T, and the inner ends ofvsaid side bars S turn downward at a right angle,and thereby form leg portions V, which at theirlower ends 95 are pivotally secured, as at W, to the legs C. The leg portions V of the frame I may be connected together by the transverse bars or frames a, so as to increase their strength and rigidity. The outer end of the frame I is pro- 10o Y frame I.

vided with the pivoted legs l), which are connected together by rungs d and are by means of the connecting-rods e connected to the leverarms f, whose upper ends are pivotally secured to the upper portions of the legs C at a point about on a level with the upper surface of the frame I when the latter is in its extended position. There is one connectingrod e at each side of the bed and one leverarm fat each side of the bed, and these lever-arms f are connected by pivoted links g with the lower leg portions V of the frame I.

It has been described above that the upper rearportion of the frame I is pivotally secured to the front portion of the frame H, and hence the frames I-I I cooperate with one anotherin forming the body portion of the bed.

The bed is shown in its extended position for use in Figs. 3 and 4 and in its folded position in Figs. l and 2. IVhen it is not desired to use the bed, the foot portion thereof will be turned upward to the position shown in Fig. 2. During the upward movement of the frame I the frame H and arms M will be by the action of said frame I pushed downward and rearward, as shown in Fig. 2, and the levers f and rods e will be turned to the position in which they are illustrated in Fig. 2, the rods e at this time pulling the legs b inward against the sides S of the frame I. When the frame I of the bed is pushed upward into its folded position, the rods c pass into such relation with respect to the legs b and the pivotal connections of the levers f and links g that they lock the frame I in its upward position, and thus perform the very important service of preventing the frame I from falling downward. In order to unlock the frame I, so that it may be turned downward to its horizontal position, the rods e must be pulled outward with the legs b to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 by dotted lines, thus carrying the upper ends of the rods e outward beyond the vertical line of the pivots by which the legs h are secured to the Upon drawing the legs l) and rods c outward to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 the operative parts of the bed will be locked and the frame I may be turned downward toits horizontal position. During the downward movement of the frame I to its horizontal position the rods c operate to move the legs l) outward into a vertical position and to lnaintain said legs in such vertical position, resisting any force tending to turn the legs b either outward or inward when the frame I is in a horizontal position. During the upward movement of the frame I the rods e move downward at their inner ends, and thus said rods e compel the folding of the legs b toward the frame I. IVhen the frame I is turned downward into a horizontal position, the adjoining portions V operate as a lever to pull the frame H and arms M upward and forward and to maintain them in this position. rlhe construction of the bed and the arrangement of its pivotal parts are such that the frame I is prevented from falling toits horizontal position and the head portion A of the bed is prevented from at any time turning over upon the foot portion of the bed.

The springs of the bed will be of the usual form and construction and will extend from the upper edges of the transverse bar K to the upper edges of the transverse bar R.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is4

l. In afolding bed, the head-frame, and the body portion composed of the frames H, I, pivoted together at their meeting portions, the outer or head end of said frame II being pivotally supported, and the frame I having the downwardly-extendin g leg portions V pivoted at their lower ends to said head-frame, combined with the folding legs pivotally secured to the foot of said bodyportion, the rods c pivotally secured to said legs, the levers f pivotally secured at one end to said head-frame and at the other end to said rods e, and the links g pivotally secured at one end to said leg portions V and at the other end to said levers f intermediate the ends of the latter; subi stantially as set forth.

2. In a folding bed, the head-frame, and the body portion composed of the frames I-I, I,piv' otally connected with one another, said frame I having the downwardly-extending leg portions V pivoted at their lower ends to said head frame, combined with the pivotallymounted arms M secured at one end to said i1ead-frame and at the other end to said frame H, and the legs pivotally secured to the foot of said body portion; substantially as set forth.

3. In afolding bed, theheadframe, and the body portion composed of the frames H, I, piv-V otally connected with one another, and said frame I being pivotally secured to said headframe at a point below its pivotal connection with said frame II, combined with the pivotallymounted arms M pivotally secured to said frame II and having the inwardly-turned lugs P to engage the recesses Q in said frame II, and the legs pivotally secured to the foot of said body portion substantially as set forth.

4. In a folding bed, the head-frame, andthe body portion composed of the frames II, I, pivotally connected near their upper edges with one another,and said frame I having the downwardly-extending leg portions V pivoted to said head-frame, combined with the pivotallymounted arms M pivotally secured to said frame Il and having the inwardly-turned lugs P to engage the lower edges of said frame II, and the legs pivotally secured to the foot of said body portion 5 substantially as set forth.

5. In afolding bed, the head-frame, and the body portion composed of the frames H, I, pivoted to one another, and said frame I having the leg portions V pivoted to said head-frame,

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eomloined with the pivoted arms M connected Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings with said frame H, the folding legs b at the and State of New York this 17th day of Au foot end of said frame I, the levers f pivoted gust, A.'D. 1898.

to said head-frame, the rods e pivoted tosaid DAVID FRANK. 5 levers and said legs b, and the links g piv- Witnesses:

oted to said leg portions V and said levers f; JAS. ALBERTSON, J r.,

substantially as set forth. ARCHIBALD G. WORAM; 

